BROKEN IN A WEB OF DEATH
so much destruction
so much death
there are strata
and layers and shells
of decline here
not just one zone
not just one phase
not just one state
everywhere we look
death enters ...
systems dying,
structures dying,
people dying,
dreams and hopes,
soul and spirit, dying;
everywhere is death
we are broken down
we are driven down
we are beaten down
with no means to arise
blow for blow
slight for slight
degradation masses
destroying all we see
so long this darkness
has been with us
but always inside,
a churning sea
of pain and anguish,
but now it spills
out into worlds
concrete, real, and horrid
I can not face this
I can no longer stand
against the torment
my strength is broken
all that has given me
a focus, an aim,
is stripped away now
how can I endure another dawn?
- Brendan Tripp
10/24/2001
Copyright © 2001 by Brendan Tripp
